It's been 20 years since the Jonas Brothers started their journey as a musical act, but things nearly unraveled for the trio before they'd tasted success.

Nick , Joe , and Kevin Jonas released their debut album, It's About Time , in 2006 and the collection's unremarkable performance led to them getting dropped by their first record label. The brothers' parents' financial investment in their talent meant they had a limited time to make it as a band.

"I definitely felt a lot of pressure," Nick, 33, exclusively tells PEOPLE of the early days of their career at PEOPLE's Best of 2025 cover shoot in October. "Our lives had changed so much. Our father also lost his job effectively because we weren't making solely Christian music and he was a pastor. So our shift to singing about love a

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